I'm not sure if it's the tactics, but he is having a terrible season so far. A complete 180 from last season. Absolutely invisible in most matches and nowhere near the same impact as last season. Madrid fans are correct to label him Kroosamendi.
His tactics are clearly not suited for RM. They are outdated and not suitable for modern era football, especially modern era La Liga. Everyone knew this even before Benitez was appointed.
I feel like the RM players are not fully committed to the Benitez philosophy. I still feel the majority of their squad thinks it was a complete mistake for Uncle Flo to fire Ancelotti. He was as good of a fit for RM as you can have in a coach.
His tactics focused on pressure and ruthless...
Getting rid of all of the old guard (Ramos, Ronaldo, Marcelo, Benzema, any player in madrid since 2011) is the only way a manager can truly be in power at RM. It's also the only way they can bring back Mou and not risk any locker room catastrophes.
Only very few of those fans had a lick of intelligence (those who were saying Perez needs to step down). This all comes down to him ultimately. Their club is not moving forward, no manager can fix that. Bringing Mou back will bring back all of the locker room drama, leading to potentially bigger...
PSG could be a very attractive destination for CR given that Ibra leaves for the MLS this summer.
Fashion capital of the world, he will be the main man, lots of Parisians who are CR fans, lots of marketing potential, etc.
Yeah, they were absolutely terrible. By min. 30 they looked like they completely gave up. Pressuring was pisspoor by them and absolutely no cohesiveness between the mid and attack. For 5 mins in the 2nd half they brought up the intensity but then got tired/stopped caring.
Also, did anyone...
He has been a huge flop for RM. I won't be surprised at all if he leaves in the summer. In fact, he should just to save his dignity. He could easily be a starter in the EPL or Serie A.
1. 5-0 Manita obviously
2. 2-6. Huge win and it asserted our dominance that was to stay for a long time.
3. 2-0 Clasico in December 2008. We were coming off from a very bad season in which we lost 4-0 in the previous clasico. This was a very emotional game for all Barca fans. It was a revenge...
Arda is exactly the type of midfielder that fits in the Lucho system. Workhorse who will cover every inch of grass on the pitch. He will come in very handy against teams like Bayern, who arguably have more creativity and cohesiveness in the mid than we do.